Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Folkestone or the archaic HMS Folkeston, after the town of Folkestone in Kent:
HMS Folkeston (1299) was a cog, part of the Cinque Ports Fleet in 1299.
HMS Folkeston (1703) was a 44-gun fourth rate launched in 1703 and broken up in 1727.
HMS Folkeston (1741) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1741 and sold in 1749.
HMS Folkestone (1764) (or Folkestone), was an 8-gun cutter launched in 1764. On 24 June 1778 the French frigate Surveillante captured her off Ushant.[1] The French navy purchased Folkestone for Lt12,405 and took her into service under her existing name. She was struck off the lists in 1782 or early 1783.[2]
HMS Folkestone (1914) was a World War I minesweeper. A mercantile conversion, M.33 (1914). Built 1903, 496 GRT. Armament was two 12 pdr guns. In service from 9 October 1914 to 31 January 1920.
HMS Folkestone (L22) was a Folkestone-class sloop launched in 1930, sold in 1947 and broken up later that year.
Royal Navy have borne the name HMSFolkestone or the archaic HMS Folkeston, after the town of Folkestone in Kent: HMS Folkeston (1299) was a cog, part...
(1924–39) HMS Ormonde (1924–36) Bittern class HMS Stork (1936–39) Hastings class HMSFolkestone (1938) HMS Scarborough (1938) Halcyon class HMS Franklin...
Lark 1703 HMS Greyhound 1703 HMS Garland 1703 HMS Folkestone 1703 HMS Roebuck 1704 (40 guns only) HMS Sorlings 1706 1706 Establishment group – 42-gun fifth...
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and 1 November 1939. In recognition of the role played while commanding HMS King George V in the destruction of the Bismarck, he was made a Companion...
U22 may refer to: German submarine U-22, various vessels HMSFolkestone (U22), a sloop of the Royal Navy SM U-22 (Austria-Hungary), a submarine of the...
Hampshire, a village near Southampton Hythe, Kent, a small coastal town near Folkestone Hythe (UK Parliament constituency) Hythe End, a village, now part of Staines...
1935, Martin commanded the sloop HMSFolkestone on the China Station. Two years later, Martin was in command of HMS Broke and the destroyer flotillas...
L22 may refer to: HMS L22, a submarine of the Royal Navy HMS Aldenham (L22), a destroyer of the Royal Navy HMSFolkestone (L22), a sloop of the Royal...
convoy was joined by a further two escorts, the British sloop HMSFolkestone and corvette HMS Gentian, also from OB 251. They were assisted by the Royal...
foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1940. For the scuttling of HMS Mashobra on this day, see the entry for 25 May 1940. For the scuttling of...
officer also served as the Royal Navy liaison officer to the Soviet Navy. HMS Lady Shirley was a fishing trawler requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1940...
Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best known for the mutiny on HMS Bounty, which occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command. The reasons...
Weston-super-Mare HMS Bluebird III, (formerly HMS Allenby, possibly), FolkestoneHMS Boscawen, Naval Police Patrol HQ, Portland, Dorset HMS Britannia III...
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